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Jul 24, 2004 Spider link

"Beware of Icarus"
"Be wary of Phoenix"
"Odia M-14 is a popular place for interaction"
"Channel 100 is the general chat. /join 100"
"You can use /say_channel to speak outside the station"
"Storms have interesting effects on in-system jumps"
"Uh Oh. Its Sam II."
Jul 24, 2004 red cactus link
I vote we keep all player names out of the tips.
Jul 24, 2004 quiveri link
"Money isn't everything, as long as you have alot."
"Corvus has the best deals on many ships."
"If you think you've seen it all, you're wrong!"
"Storms are funny, in their own sick and twisted way."
Jul 24, 2004 Spider link
Actually, making the player names interact would be a cool feature. Fex if Icarus was hostile in .. dau or so, We could have a warning displayed when entering one of the nearby sectors, just to sow a bit of confusion :)

And, player names makes it a bit more intimate, which is a good thing in the current game.
Jul 24, 2004 genka link
"It's just a game."
"Pressing "j" jettisons your cargo. This can help you get out of pirate situations with your ship intact, and maybe some of your cargo.
Jul 24, 2004 Spellcast link
"Buy high, Sell low, = NO money to make ships go"
Jul 25, 2004 Celkan link
"Buy low, Sell high = muchas dolares to make your ships FLY"
Jul 25, 2004 simondearsley link
"Do not eat the urinal cakes"

"Not to be used as a flotational aid"

Jul 25, 2004 KAos_nyrb link
"Buses aren't bad, there just not good"
Jul 25, 2004 RattMann link
"Fasten your seatbelts - storms ahead!"
Jul 25, 2004 ctishman link
A classic from Warcraft II:

-Don't spit into the wind.

What about location-specific briefings? Were I a local chamber of commerce, I'd drop a hyperbeacon to buzz a quick spam to anyone going by.

-Now entering NS1-controlled space. Shoot at us and we'll keel you daid.

-Entering Odia M-14. Stop by the Corvus gift shop before you leave!

Or seriously:

- Entering Helios H-10. Enable solar shields now.

- This intersystem gate maintained by Odia's Best Coffee! (or Corvus, or whatever)

- Prison Sector. Do not pick up escape pods unless authorized by wideband broadcast.

- Traffic information: Tune channel 112.

- (on entering Serco space) Serco Pilots! Enter channel 658 for security check via automated challenge-response. (and if you aren't Serco, you'd fail and have to jump out real quick before they caught on. If you are Serco but failed to tune 658, the bots would be hostile until you did and their challenge was met with a proper response.)
Jul 26, 2004 Suicidal Lemming link
"Warning: Vulture's wings not to be used as an asteroid detection system."
Jul 26, 2004 raybondo link
You can add your own tips by making a file called customtips.txt and putting it in the main Vendetta directory. (same place where your wgaf.cfg and config.ini files are located)
Jul 26, 2004 Pyro link
Ooo! Use Fortune for the messages! ^_^